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In December 1830 the Saints were commanded to move to Ohio(see D&C 37:3), and in January 1831 they were

promised that they would be “endowed with power from on high” if they would obey (D&C 38:32).

Those who gathered in Ohio were greatly blessed. Continuous revelations led the Saints to deeper understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ. In addition, they received the blessings that came from building a temple and preaching the gospel. While the Church grew in numbers and spiritual strength in Ohio, severe opposition also increased against the Church and its leaders.

The Prophet Joseph Smith lived in Kirtland from January 1831 to January 1838.

Explain that in January 1831, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his wife,Emma, as well as Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge, left NewYork for Ohio. Most of the New York Saints followed during the next five months.

I made up four Mini-lessons- and had them rotate from station to station

The Law of the Church

Sir Isaac Newton is well known for his three laws of motion. The first law of motion, the law of inertia, states that objects at rest will remain at rest, and objects in motion will remain in motion, unless acted on by an outside force. Inertia, a resistance to change, depends on both mass and friction. In this activity you will observe the inertia of a penny at rest.

I found this activity online…they had to put the index card on the cup with a penny on top of the card. Then flip the

card out having the penny fall into the cup.

Using their scriptures and journals answer some questions about the Law of the Church (D&C 42)

D&C 38:32 and 88: 119 the promised to endow the saints with power from on high and gave them commandments.I had a Kirkland Ohio Temple fact sheet for them to read and questions for them to answerThey were to then build a edible temple out of marshmallows, graham crackers and frosting

D&C 42: 6-7 the Lord gave them commandments about missionary work

Once the Kirtland Temple had been dedicated and the keys for the gathering of Israel had been restored, members of the

Church began to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in more places.

Using their scriptures: Map 3 in the Church History Maps section (“The New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio Area of the USA”).

they found that:

Kirtland was an ideal location to begin to send missionaries throughout the world. Kirtland was near several main routes of transportation in the United States. From Kirtland, missionaries only had to travel short distances to access steamboats on

America’s major rivers and Lake Erie. They also had access to a nationalroad system to the south and a canal system to the north. Because of this,Kirtland was the point of departure for missions to Canada, other parts of the United States, and Great Britain.

Because of missionary work during this time, the membership of the Church throughout the world increased by thousands.In 1837,

Elders Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde were called along with five others on a mission to Great Britain, where they baptized around 2,000 people. By 1838, when the Saints left Kirtland because of persecution, there were about 2,000 members of the Church living in

Kirtland and nearly 18,000 worldwide

Mini-lesson 4—Other Significant Revelations and Events

Read D&C 42:61

Joseph Smith arrived in Ohio, the Lord told him that he would “receive revelation upon revelation” if he would ask God.

-Turn to the chronological order of contents of the Doctrine and Covenants (located after the introduction).

Determine the location where most of the revelations recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants were received.

Locate D&C 76; 89; 107; 137. Read the section introduction and skim the section summary located before the first verse.

Elder Lynn G. Robbins talk: Which WayDo You Face? Oct. 2014 GeneralConferenceWrite and Pass Activity RULES:- give each student a copy of the talk- Put Name on Top- Everyone uses a different color pencil-start reading and underlining and wri…

As people all over the world make New Years Resolutions, you might want to make some with your Primary. Make and draw strips with the following resolutions and/or others you might think of. As the children draw a strip from the hat, read the resolution and see if they can think of one or more songs that relate. My suggestions are written below. At the end of Singing Time, ask the children to choose two or three of these resolutions to adopt as a group for 2015.

They LOVE this tradition we started last year… Divide into teams. Give a scripture mastery clue and they race to find it. The WHOLE team has to find it and hold their scriptures up when they do. If they answer correctly, they get to …

We looked in D&C 25 to find how the Lord strengthened, encouraged and instructed Emma SmithWe also filled out this worksheet I got from fellow seminary teacher, Linda Monroe.We also watched this wonderful video…

UPDATE: Click HERE for an editable Word version of both years’ snowflakes. Adjust margins and image size to suit your software and printer if the documents below don’t work.Last year’s snowflake activity was such a success that I decid…

Using information from the teacher manual, we played a game of Who Am I? Samuel SmithHyrum SmithJoseph Smith SrJoseph Knight SrI had small bio’s of who these men were. I then typed up questions for the class to ask these men…As the class …

To drive home the point the Priesthood can’t be used for the priesthood holder only…it has to be used and shared in helping others.I brought in some spoons attached to long pieces of wood and some puddingI told them to eat some pudding unsuccess…

This was a super fun activity…They made “Wanted Posters” for finding Apostles. In D&C 18 Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer were charged with the task of searching out the twelve.Reading D&C 18 provided us with responsibilities and what q…